Former Vice President Kamala Harris was confronted by several rowdy protesters who stormed her book tour in Chicago on Saturday afternoon.
Security guards escorted several individuals from the event who disrupted a discussion during Harris’ promotional tour for her memoir, 107 Days, in the midst of chaos and shouting from the audience.
During a conversation with journalist Michele Norris, Harris, 60, was interrupted by a woman yelling and recording with her phone, as captured in a video.
Security guards escorted the woman out and several others as the crowd erupted into a chant of ‘get her out’.
Another clip shows a man appearing to shout about ‘genocide’ before being removed. The motivations behind the protests were unclear.
Norris addressed the interruptions by telling the crowd: ‘We encourage people to use their voices, but we want them to show respect for this woman.’
‘And please pronounce my name correctly,’ quipped Harris, as spectators applauded their responses.
The Chicago event wasn’t the first time Harris’ book tour was hit by hecklers.
Similar incidents occurred at her Washington, DC event, where Harris faced heckling regarding the US’s response to the Israel-Hamas conflict. Addressing a protester shouting about Gaza, Harris responded assertively: ‘I am not president of the United States!’
Hecklers have been removed from several of Kamala Harris’ book tour venues amid chaos
Similar scenes erupted during her appearance in Washington DC, when Harris was heckled about the US response to the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Confronted again by a protester about Gaza, Harris stood and firmly replied: ‘You know what, I am not president of the United States!’
The crowd again cheered as the heckler was removed by security.
The tour, which Harris initiated in late September, aims to promote 107 Days. The memoir details her 2024 presidential campaign that followed Joe Biden’s decision not to run.
It provides an inside look at the decision-making process and sheds light on the friction among the campaign’s staff members.
Harris’ memoir has sparked some criticism, even from people within Democrat circles.
An advisor to a potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender slammed Harris’ book while speaking anonymously with Politico last month.
‘At a time when people are looking for a vision and leadership… and want to see leaders rise to the level of threat facing the country, it’s pretty crazy she chose to write a gossip book that prioritizes the pettiness of her politics,’ they said.
The advisor added, ‘It’s embarrassing for her, and for all Democrats, considering she was the leader of the party less than a year ago.’
Former CNN journalist Chris Cillizza also gave the book a scathing review on Substack.
Harris, 60, was discussing her book with journalist Michele Norris when one woman from the audience began yelling while filming on her phone, as shown in the screenshot above
Former Vice President Kamala Harris was confronted by several rowdy protesters who stormed her book tour in Chicago on Saturday afternoon. Harris was speaking with Michele Norris
Norris (right) addressed the interruptions by telling the crowd: ‘We encourage people to use their voices, but we want them to show respect for this woman.’ ‘And please pronounce my name correctly,’ quipped Harris, as spectators applauded their responses to the chaos
‘Harris’ recent media tour to tout her memoir — ‘107 Days’ — has reminded me of something I think I have long known: She is simply not a very good politician. And she hasn’t gotten much better over her decades in the business,’ he wrote.
Writing on X, Cillizza also said that Harris’ return to the stage has shown that ‘she’s not good on her feet’. ‘She speaks in word salads,’ he said.
Democratic strategist Gary South also told The Hill that Harris’ book was defensive in tone.
‘She came out with arms flailing and guns blazing, blaming everyone but herself for her loss,’ South said.
‘It is a curiously negative and ungracious tome for someone who reportedly thinks she can run again in 2028,’ he added.
